BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The Caribbean Centre for Money & Finance (CCMF), University of the West Indies, has announced a seminar set for early September that will explore “novel perspectives on the reasons for the global economic depression” and strategies to cope with global financial uncertainties.
Under the banner “Strategies to Cope with Global Uncertainty – Choices for Caribbean Business and Finance”, the one-day seminar is expected to discuss strategies being adopted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), investment banks and companies in telecommunications, tourism and other services. It will be hosted by the Bank of Jamaica and will be held on Friday, September 4.
According to a CCMF press release issued on July 30, the seminar offers an opportunity for business and public sector executives to “interact with lending international experts and practitioners to gain a richer understanding of the complex roots of the crisis and a better appreciation of the scope of changes that may be expected in the marketplace”.
Featured speakers for this event include a member of the UN Secretary General’s special committee on the global financial crisis, Professor Avinash Persaud; IMF Director for Canada and the Caribbean, Michael Horgan; and Dr Badrul Haque, World Bank Country Manager for Jamaica. Other industry practitioners and high-ranking officials from cooperate Jamaica will give addresses during the seminar.
The event is being held amid what the CCMF calls “extraordinary times”, which have called for leaders in business and government to “make up new rules to cope with the crisis and the uncertainty”.
The seminar agenda will allow for questions and comments by attendees on the presentations made, and would aim to better equip the audience to make the best choices in the circumstances of their own institution.
There is a registration fee of US$200 for each person attending the seminar. The fee covers an informal reception on the evening preceding the seminar, as well as lunch and coffee breaks. Further details and registration forms may be found on the seminar website, which may be accessed via the websites of the CCMF, www.ccmf-uwi.org, and the bank of Jamaica, www.boj.org.jm.
